HELP WITH NAPS!!

I would leave him in his crib and check in on him every 10-15 minutes or less whatever your comfortable with and leave him in there till he’s asleep. I did this with my daughter and it did the trick. It could take a LONG time but they’ll get the message you just have to stick with it. :)

he cries so hard tho 😭😭😭

I feel you and I’m not sure what the answer is. We did contact naps until about 5.5 months and then I worked with a sleep consultant. I had a cry for 5 minutes limit.

I agree with you... cry it out is torture and has long term effects. We know our kids crys and our bodies are made to respond, listen to your natural instincts. Sometimes my son (and my now 2yo when she was a baby) will only sleep while being held or in my bed. Right now my son will only sleep sitting up, come to find out he has an ear infection and sores in his throat. The first symptoms were sleep, fever didn't hit until days later.

Melatonin

Yeah they cry but if you come back every few minutes they’ll know no matter what your coming back always but they also need to learn to soothe. My daughter is a year and a month and she sleeps so good because of it but she still has days where she’s crying a bunch and I go in to let her know I’m here but it’s time for a nap/bed every 5-15 minutes

@Jordan how old was your daughter when you did this?

I started around 6 months but I would literally go in every 2-5 minutes when she’d cry

My boys used to settle listening to this

https://youtu.be/W-vBu2rf8TI?feature=shared

We did sleep train but whenever we hit a sleep regression I would put my daughter in the stroller and walk around our apartment building 🙃 if that failed, car ride lol

Get in the car and just drive that’s what I do when nothing else worked

i have a deadline for naps so i usually give them until like 4pm and if they aren’t asleep than i just keep them up until bed time but i make sure to do them a bath after they eat dinner so they’ll be full,relaxed and even more tired to where they’ll be in sleep coma by bedtime

I would try...

skin to skin in a dark room.

A warm bath.

Or try taking a walk outside while babywearing.

if she doesnt wanna nap she doesnt have to. we go do something else and she eventually will fall asleep at some point. i try not to stress about it!

This could be a period of sleep regression or depending on how old is possibly colic. My LO was like that during her colic phase. I just put her in her carrier, bounced, sushed her and played white noise.

Change scenery. Put baby in stroller and go out for a walk or a drive in carseat.
Make sure there is enough stimulation in a wake window. If baby doesn’t nap, I put her in play gym and let her play for few mins and try again in some time. My baby struggled with nap at 4 months, and this helped her. Enough play time in play gym, tummy time, walks wore her out. Good luck!

for a baby??

there’s baby melatonin that’s safe for babies

@Sarah yes even babies go through an early sleep regression. My LO was the same way

That was my baby too. Sleeping through the night but no napping until I started closing the curtains. You need to be calm, they can sense you are irritated. There are ages when it is normal and there is nothing to do but be patient. I don't agree with the cry it out thing.

When nothing else works fot me I either pop in his buggy and go fot a walk or gp for a drive

I put my daughter in the car, play Adele I drink wine and she’s gone in seconds 😂 nothing is more frustrating than when they’re resisting a nap, so a drive always works for us, if not, I put her down and let her run around for 10 minutes then try again

SKIP THE NAP, you’re gonna exhaust yourself trying. Some days babies get an extra burst of energy just like us some days

everything I've read says not to give melatonin to children under 3. I mean do what you want ig but I think there are just safer ways to help an infant get to sleep

I used to always give my son a bath half hour before his nap was due. Sit in a dark room with white noise and a cuddle.

Try getting outside, whether you put them in a carrier or a pram. Babies love the fresh air and looking up at trees etc. I find walking with my little boy in the pram helps to calm him. The bumpy pavement seems to do something too. Try talking calmly and quietly, eg look at those trees, can you see the colours? It might help to destress you as well which will probably help as well.